Knowing that Fan Wenhu was afraid to move forward, and Xia Gui's suggestion of "making an appointment to enter the army" was adopted by Jia Yidao, Lu Wenhuan couldn't help frowning, and all the generals also had angry expressions on their faces.

The naval army of the Xiangfan defenders has been wiped out in the battle of Lu Wenhuan in order to break the water blockade of the Yuan army and attack the naval camp of the Yuan army in Wanshan Fort, and now the naval army that can fight is only Gao Hu's department, the last time Zhang Gui's naval army was harmed by the "appointment to enter the army", and this time it is necessary to "make an appointment to enter the army", and the result is likely to be the same as last time, Fan Wenhu escaped or "the appointment did not arrive", and he was ambushed by the Yuan army and the whole army was annihilated.

After careful deliberation, Sun Hui, Lu Wenhuan and the generals of the Song army decided that he would lead ten warships plus Ye Chuchu's ironclad ships to receive reinforcements from Jia Nidao and Xia Guifan Fanhu.

The reason why only so few warships were brought was because the situation at this time was very different from when Erzhang came to help, the Yuan army was densely covered with hidden piles on the Hanshui River, and a large number of stone platforms were built on the river, and it was difficult for the Song warships of the brigade to pass through, and to let the reinforcements pass through the river, it was necessary to destroy those hidden piles and remove the Yuan army on the stone platform. And Sun Hui's plan is to use Ye Chuchu's iron boat to smash all the hidden piles, and then go up to the stone platform to kill the defenders above, and it doesn't take too many people to do this.

And Sun Hui went to see Jia Nidao in person, and he had other plans.

After the plan was decided, the generals retreated, and Sun Hui asked why Lü Wenhuan did not see the Song army equipped with artillery, and Lü Wenhuan's answer surprised him.

According to the understanding of Lu Wenhuan, who loves military affairs, since the death of his immortal who protected the country and the death of Zhao Ji of Song Huizong, the civil officials began to count the counteroffensive of the warriors, of course, this counteroffensive is not very obvious, and the imperial historians continue to play the emperor, saying that the artillery is too powerful, the killing is too heavy, and it is not easy to manufacture, and it consumes a lot of copper and iron materials, and it is recommended to cancel the equipment. At that time, the Song Dynasty because of excessive economic prosperity, resulting in a shortage of currency in circulation (although paper money "Jiaozi", "Huizi", etc. have appeared, but not the mainstream), and some people suggested that the artillery that had been made should be melted down to obtain copper and iron to recast coins, "to benefit the people's livelihood", under the repeated letters of the literati, Sun Hui's hard work to get the artillery - the most advanced weapon of that era - withdrew from the Song army's equipment sequence, and was melted down and destroyed, minted into coins, and in order to prevent other countries from learning the casting method of artillery, Graphic and textual materials related to the casting of artillery were also burned. So much so that now Lu Wenhuan and others only know the general appearance and principle of artillery from some folk books.

What's even more incredible is that the Liao State at that time was the same as the Song Dynasty, after the frontier settled down, it also melted down and destroyed all the large and small firearms obtained from the Jin State, including artillery, and reminted coins. Like this time in Xiangyang, the Yuan army was equipped with a certain number of firearms, but because of the encounter with Sun Hui, the "fire man", it sank to the bottom of the river with a large number of Yuan warships before it could play any role.

After listening to Lu Wenhuan's narration, Sun Hui fell into silence for a while.

He deliberately wanted to accelerate the Great Song Dynasty to become the first "gunpowder empire" in the East, but he never expected that such a thing would happen.

Due to the urgency of time, Sun Hui temporarily let go of the artillery matter and prepared for the upcoming operation.

"What happened to the wounds of 'Dageni' (Angel in Mongolian)?" In the camp of the Wanshan Fort Naval Army, Liu Quan, who was looking at the map, saw his son Liu Yuan coming in and immediately asked.

"Back to my father's words, the male Dagnitara's injury is relatively serious, the knife in his back has already injured his bones, and the doctor is doing his best to treat it, and his life can be saved, but he can't fly to attack the enemy for the time being." Liu Yuan said, "The female Daganitalan is not injured, but she has lost all her weapons and is frightened, so I am afraid it will be difficult to fight against that demon." ”

"Didn't you say that the demon also wounded Dagni with a magic arrow?" Liu Cheng sighed and asked again.

"Yes, but according to the detailed investigation, although the demon and the enchantress were injured, they were able to recover without medical treatment, and now they have recovered." Liu Yuan said, "They have already made contact with Jia Rudao and are discussing attacking our army inside and outside." ”

"Jia seems to be a Wenchen, he doesn't know much about military affairs, so he can only rely on Xia Gui Fan Wenhu to fight, Xia Fan's two generals are incompetent, although there are many people under his command, but the soldiers and generals have no fighting spirit, so there is no need to worry." Liu Quan's gaze returned to the map, "The one who can be worried about is the resurrected demon Sun Hui......"

"What my father said is that according to the investigation, this demon can be on fire, and all those who should be burned will be burned, and there are four demon queens under him, and they all have demon methods, and the indestructible iron ship is the incarnation of one of the demon queens," Liu Yuan's intelligence work is obviously very good, and in a short period of time, he inquired about the situation of Sun Hui and others, "The other three will run away with the water and explore the water source, one will make the grass and trees grow, and the other will move stones and move the soil. There was another trench and wooden barrier outside the city, which was said to have been the work of the three demon queens. ”

After listening to his son's report, Liu Quan's face became more and more gloomy.

"It's really difficult to deal with this side, no wonder Liu Zhongju (Liu Yuanzhen) was defeated and died, and Zhang Zhongchou (Zhang Hongfan) was captured...... In this way, this Xiangyang is eager to get down......"

"Yes, my son originally thought that Dageni sent by His Majesty would be able to kill them, but who expected that not only did he not succeed, but he was also injured and lost his weapon." Liu Yuan was also worried, "My father also saw it that day, the iron boat crisscrossed the river, no one could stop it, if the demon came to my naval camp to set fire, it would be really difficult to resist." If we ask Your Majesty for help now, and send one or two more Dagni or two, I am afraid that Your Majesty will order us not to fight to the death, and delay the troops......"

"There is no need to ask Your Majesty for help for the time being, we will use our existing strength to compete with this demon, as long as we can kill this demon, Xiangyang will be ours sooner or later." Liu Cheng looked at the map and clenched his fists.

"Father, but has a way to break that demon?" Liu Yuan couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised when he heard this.

"It's man-made, although that demon is powerful, it is not without weaknesses," Liu Cheng nodded and said, "It's just that if you want to kill him, I'm afraid that our soldiers will also suffer a lot of casualties." ”

"The so-called success will make ten thousand bones dry, ancient and modern, father doesn't have to worry too much," Liu Yuan Zhengse said, "As long as you can destroy that demon, even if you give up the whole army and horses, it is worth it." ”